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fanfic as lit
Okay, I know I am way over my posting quota these days, but I just had to share this right away (found it by following a link in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madlori's blog).
The Democratic Genre: Fanfiction in a Literary Context. A scholarly work about fanfic, examined from a literary persepective rather than considering it as a social phenomanon. And high time, I say. The first chapter is published online; I'm about halfway through and it is utterly fascinating. Anyone interested in literature should look at this.
Unfortunately it only seems to be available from Amazon UK. I'm pretty tempted to buy it anyway.
madlori's blog). The Democratic Genre: Fanfiction in a Literary Context. A scholarly work about fanfic, examined from a literary persepective rather than considering it as a social phenomanon. And high time, I say. The first chapter is published online; I'm about halfway through and it is utterly fascinating. Anyone interested in literature should look at this.
Unfortunately it only seems to be available from Amazon UK. I'm pretty tempted to buy it anyway.
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Of course.
That's the gist of it. Her book Blood Canticle garnered a number of uncomplimentary reviews on Amazon, mostly complaining about weak characterization and shoddy prose if I recall, and she *posted a response to the site*, telling the reviewers that they were wrong and obviously didn't understand the characters or her writing. And she included her home address so that anyone who was dissatisfied could send the book back to her for a refund. It degenerated into something of a flame war, and eventually Amazon removed her comments as well as the responses to them. Bascially, she threw a public temper tantrum and got called on it.